{"id":7033,"date":"2019-05-24T11:56:38","date_gmt":"2019-05-24T15:56:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/finaid\/?page_id=7033"},"modified":"2025-07-24T13:46:28","modified_gmt":"2025-07-24T17:46:28","slug":"federal-verification","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/finaid\/how-aid-works\/confirm-verify\/federal-verification\/","title":{"rendered":"FEDERAL STUDENT AID VERIFICATION"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In an effort to ensure that the information reported on your FAFSA and used to calculate your federal and state financial aid eligibility is accurate, the U.S. Department of Education requires that BU Financial Assistance double check your FAFSA data against Internal Revenue Service (IRS) records and other documents before this money can be released.<\/p>\n<h4>Applicants Selected for Verification<\/h4>\n<p>Each year the Department of Education selects certain FAFSA applications for verification; some at random and others based on their analysis of prior FAFSA records. If your FAFSA is selected for verification the confirmation email sent to you after filing your FAFSA will state that you have been selected. BU Financial Assistance will also be notified.<\/p>\n<h4>Required Documentation<\/h4>\n<p>If you are selected for verification you must submit only those documents the Department of Education requires of you. Not all selected applicants are required to submit the same documents.<\/p>\n<div align=\"center\">\n<p><strong>All Students<\/strong> should submit documents directly to BU Financial Assistance via the MyBU Student Portal.<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/finaid\/contact-us\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"83\" height=\"38\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-7565\" style=\"vertical-align: text-bottom;\" alt=\"BU Master Logo\" src=\"\/finaid\/files\/2020\/04\/master-logo-small.gif\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div align=\"center\">\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In an effort to ensure that the information reported on your FAFSA and used to calculate your federal and state financial aid eligibility is accurate, the U.S. Department of Education requires that BU Financial Assistance double check your FAFSA data against Internal Revenue Service (IRS) records and other documents before this money can be released. [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1183,"featured_media":0,"parent":7028,"menu_order":2,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/finaid\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/7033"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/finaid\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/finaid\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/finaid\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1183"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/finaid\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7033"}],"version-history":[{"count":50,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/finaid\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/7033\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11678,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/finaid\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/7033\/revisions\/11678"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/finaid\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/7028"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/finaid\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7033"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}